Math in the Media Digests

Math Digests August 2022

On: September 6, 2022

Tagged: calculus, geometry, higher dimensions, logic puzzles, percolation, probability, stacking, topology, trigonometry, Voronoi patterns

Math Digests June 2022

On: July 12, 2022

Tagged: algorithms, combinations, emergence, encryption, exponents, geometry, linear and nonlinear effects, nested radicals, number theory, permutations, surface area, vectors, waves

Math Digests May 2022

On: June 2, 2022

Tagged: algebra, area, circles, data analysis, economics, frequency and wavelength, geometry, inflation, inflection points, mathematical modeling, music, supply and demand

Math Digests April 2022

On: May 2, 2022

Tagged: box plots, coding, counting, density, fractions, mass, math games, media literacy, numerals, optimization, p-values, physics, programming, ratios, sports, statistics, symbolic math, volume

Math Digests March 2022

On: April 5, 2022

Tagged: cake-cutting, combinatorics, cryptography, even and odd numbers, graph theory, infinity, irrational numbers, Nerdle, number theory, pi, quantum computing

Math Digests February 2022

On: March 8, 2022

Tagged: combinatorics, data analysis, diversity and inclusion, exponential decay, exponential growth, history of mathematics, information theory, lattices, logarithms, physics, sports statistics, squaring the circle, transcendental numbers

Math Digests January 2022

On: February 3, 2022

Tagged: data analysis, exponential growth, finding patterns, fractals, geometry, logarithms, matrices, origami, prime numbers, probability, sequences, specificity and sensitivity, statistics, technology

Math Digests December 2021

On: January 10, 2022

Tagged: differential equations, fuzzy logic, golden ratio, growth rates, heat equation, knots, logic, machine learning, mathematical modeling, prime numbers, sequences, set theory, symmetry

Math Digests November 2021

On: December 8, 2021

Tagged: cryptography, geometry, gerrymandering, inverse proportionality, Markov chain Monte Carlo, modular arithmetic, nature, number theory, pink noise, prime factorization, prime numbers, tiling, waves

Math Digests October 2021

On: November 1, 2021

Tagged: algebra, butterfly effect, chaos, complexity, density, Diophantine problems, dynamics, geometry, mathematical modeling, polynomials, pre-algebra, synchrony